I was afraid that the initial site I uploaded it to, Reddit, was going to hate it. I think I have a pretty bad gauge on those kind of things. I wasn’t sure how the reaction was going to be.
I like the fact that it seems to resonate with so many people, but the constant bombardment from all sides is kind of exhausting. UW: What has all the media attention been like for you? Were you anticipating this at all?ĪH: Man, I was afraid to even upload it online, so you can understand what a love-hate relationship this is. “Yeezer” was the source of a lot of procrastination. UW: How long did “Yeezer” take you, and how did you manage to put this project together while balancing schoolwork?ĪH: Am I allowed to say I didn’t? I started the project in 2013, finished it, realized that it wasn’t at the level I wanted it to be at, and then pretty much redid the entire thing once the school year started. Just trying to ride these 15 minutes for as long as possible. I have a hookup with a clothing store in Long Beach. I have people from Roc Nation emailing me. I’m an art and technology major, and honestly, what’s happened this past week is pretty much what I hoped for. I’m a second-year student, but I’ll be honest, I have no idea if I’m a sophomore or a freshman or what. I figured “Go big or stay home,” so I enrolled in OSU. Beyond just not really being what I was looking for in a school, I also wanted to get out of the Pittsburgh area. I transferred from this small school called La Roche College that had an enrollment of a little under 2,000 students. Tell us a little bit about yourself: your hometown, your year and major and, most importantly, what your hopes and dreams are.Īlex Hodowanec: I’m from Pittsburgh. UWeekly talked to Hodowanec about the success of “Yeezer.” Kanye West’s mumbled lyrics to “Through the Wire” are fitting way too well with the instrumental to Weezer’s “Beverly Hills.” This happens for nine more mashed-up Yeezy and Weezer tracks, all the product of one Ohio State student.Īlex Hodowanec, a second-year in art, is the auteur behind “Yeezer,” a mashup tape combining tracks from West and Weezer that blew up on the Internet last week with attention from outlets like Time Magazine and MTV, as well as Weezer itself. It’s just a few seconds into “Yeezer” and I find myself a little startled.